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Jevans Nyabiage
Africa Correspondent
Kenyan journalist Jevans Nyabiage is the South China Morning Post's first Africa correspondent. Based in Nairobi, Jevans keeps an eye on China-Africa relations and also Chinese investments, ranging from infrastructure to energy and metal, on the continent.
Kenyan journalist Jevans Nyabiage is the South China Morning Post's first Africa correspondent. Based in Nairobi, Jevans keeps an eye on China-Africa relations and also Chinese investments, ranging from infrastructure to energy and metal, on the continent.
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The DRC is seeking security guarantees and military support from the United States to attract American investment.
President Xi Jinping promises to fund a number of projects in a meeting with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Beijing.
Five-day trip comes as Kenya weighs its options amid US tariffs and aid halts, with China scoring a win ‘in terms of optics’, observer says.
First quarter customs data shows Chinese exports to Africa climbed 11.3% to US$45.92 billion while imports from the continent fell 9.4%.
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As M23 rebels cause havoc in the DR Congo, China has taken the unusual step to speak out. But experts say it isn’t a total policy departure.
Beijing is expanding its military footprint in the region with rapid deliveries of affordable equipment.
Frictions with US could hit demand for commodities and prompt Beijing to revise outward investment strategy, according to Afreximbank.
Lawyer sees contest for share of African markets a bigger motivator for US project financing than national security.
Mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo is China’s ‘pot of gold’ at the end of the Standard Gauge Railway, analyst says.
With China poised to pass the US as the world’s largest apparel market, African fashion brands have showcased their work at SHFW.
Abuja pushes for shift towards value-added exports amid increasing concern about trade imbalance that favours Beijing.
A 50-million-litre acid spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine in Zambia is now threatening to kill ties with Beijing, experts say.
Beijing’s trade bets on African ports are paying off, but protecting those investments could mean repurposing facilities for military use, analysts say.
While China’s oil trade in Africa has dropped over recent years, there is another fuel that investors cannot get enough of.
Rivalry for critical minerals is intensifying, but observer says US ‘doesn’t offer viable alternative’ to Chinese investments in DR Congo.
Beijing has spent years – and billions – investing in Africa’s mining sector, and it is now paying off, experts say.
Drilling is back on at two major oilfields after a damaged pipeline halted exports, while a China-funded pipeline may also be in the works.
Beijing is betting on resources, labour and long ties to makes Zimbabwe a major steel hub, and a strategic foothold in the region, experts say.
The appointment of China’s new defence attaché to Niger signals a larger move by Beijing to fortify security in Africa, experts say.
Analyst says China emphasis on working together on international issues is the opposite of ‘America first’ as espoused by Trump.
If tonnes of beans go to China instead of Europe or US, chocolate makers in those regions will feel the loss, expert says.
Donald Trump’s spending freeze may look like an open goal, but Beijing could still struggle to take advantage of the situation.
Business case is stacking up for the export-driven railway network that China’s companies are building with African finance.
Locomotive deals worth more than half a billion dollars signal iron ore could start flowing to ports this year.
Chinese-African joint venture is latest company to find way past Western trade barriers while leveraging region’s abundant battery materials.
Beijing is taking a slow but safe approach to promoting harmony in a region of Africa beset by war and insurgencies, experts say.
US exit from the WHO is expected to have a huge impact on Africa, which relies on the agency’s programmes to help address disease outbreaks.
A worsening security situation in the African nation’s eastern provinces is no deterrent in reward-cost calculus, one expert said.
China could be driven to bolster its support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel after the deadly attack in Chad, observers say.
